New London High School - Whaler Yearbook (New London, CT)

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BULKELEY NEWS 29 ATMLDTIGS OINCE the last num- her of the News made its appearance, no athletic events of any great import have taken place at Bulkel-ey. Lack of grounds on which to 'day, and New London’s unwillingness to help us out of our difficulty made a school baseball team quite impossible. Bu in spite of all this the past athletic vear has been one of the most notable in the history of the school. So worthy has it been that a review of our athletic accomplishments is altogether proper. Perhaps that part of our athletic activities which stands out most prominently is the work of our grand little football team of last fall. Nine games were played, and of Football these four were won, two were tied, and three were lost. Not much of a record, you say? But before you make a iv remarks on that subject, just take into consideration the teams Bulkeley faced. The four games won were the games with Meriden H. S., ( score 39-0 ), Stonington H. S., (score 53-0), Bridgeport H. S., (score 55-0), and Norwich Free Academy, (score 14-0) The tied games were with the Bulkeley Alumni team, and Norwich Free Academy; no scores were made in either game. Storrs College, New Britain H. S., and Stamford H. S. defeated us by the respective scores of 23-0, 10-0, and 26-6. These last three teams, it might be noted, were three of the fastest teams in the State. Storrs College is far above our class; New Britain is one of the claimants of the State championship; and Stamford claims the championship of Connecticut and New York State, saying that Bulkeley is the first high school team to score on them in several seasons. Most of the teams that faced Bulkeley were supported by schools several times larger than ours. As remarked before, Storrs College is not in our class. Meriden High School is a-bout five times the size of Bulkeley. New Britain High School’s graduating class is about as large as our entire school. Bridgeport High School and Stamford High School are in much the same position. Stonington High School is more in our class. But in spite of these facts, Meriden, Bridgeport, Norwich, and Stonington were all defeated by heavy scores. New Britain, too, would have suffered a similar fate, had the Bulkeley men been given Cap . Leary Louis A. McCoy Coach

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FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1913

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30 BULKELEY NEWS Manager Sullivan 1915 half a chance. As for the S t a in for d game—it was a proud beating. Halfback Donnelly was out of the game with a brok en nose. This was a great loss to the team. As it was, Bulkeley put up agame fight and the next day the Stamford papers had nothing but praise for the New London boys, even going so far as to say that had Donnelly played, Bulkeley would most probably have won. What Bulkeley man will ever forget the last two football games with our ancient and honorable enemy, N. F. A? All year Norwich had been showing less speed than the New London boys. Therefore, when the two teams first met at Plant P'ield, Nov. 8th, a Bulkeley victory had been freely predicted by the oldest inhabitant. But Norwich fought with the dogged spirit that has made her famous. Bulkeley played a better game than the up-river boys but was unable to cross the Academy’s goal line. Norwich, too, failed to score and thus ended the hottest football struggle ever witnessed by local football enthusiasts. While this game was a big blow to our hopes, it tended to ser e a good purpose, for, as the poet might say— A little set-back now and then Is best for confident football men. Hence, two weeks later, when the Bulkeley team trotted out on the Norwich field for the return game, with Norwich hopes at their highest point of enthusiasm, our men were imbued with a knowledge of what they must do. A glorious hour later saw the Academy at the smaller end of a 14 to 0 score. .She had fought valiantly, but in vain. Now, reader, you may see why we call it a “successful” season. We defeated some of the best in the State —even as puny David laid low the mighty Goliath. Next fall you may look to another “successful” season. Dud Donnelly, the fastest all-around high school athlete in Connecticut, will captain the team. Erudite Raymond Sullivan is manager. Many thanks are due Commodore Morton F. Plant and the New London Baseball Management for the use of Plant Field. All Bulkeley hopes for the privilege of using the field once more next fall. Coach L. A. McCoy also deserves no little credit for his wo n d er f ul work. Since Mr. McCoy took charge of Bulkeley football teams, four years ago, Norwich has never beaten her New London rival on her own campus. Going some, eh! Capt. Leary and Manager Foley should well feel proud of the fact that they again won the championship of Eastern Connecticut and came so dangerously close to w inning the State championship. During the season Bulkeley scored 166 points; her opponents made 54. The team traveled 496 miles during the fall according to Mgr. Foley's statistics. The following received sweaters ai d letters: D o n d er o ’15, Schwartz ’14, Beran ’14, Leary, (Capt.) ’14, Noonan ',6, Capta n Donne'ly 1915